Buddleja

For other plants called "butterfly bush", see Butterfly bush.

Buddleja
Buddleja davidii (white flowered form)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Tribe: Buddlejeae
Genus: Buddleja
L.
Type species
Buddleja americana
L.[1]
Species

About 140 species, see text.

Synonyms

Adenoplea Radlk.
Adenoplusia Radlk.
Buddleia L., orth. var.
Chilianthus Burch.[2]

Buddleja (/ˈbʌdliə/; orth. var. Buddleia; also historically given as Buddlea) is a genus comprising over 140[3] species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured the Reverend Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of William Houstoun.[4] Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (B. americana) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. Buddleja species, especially Buddleja davidii and interspecific hybrids, are commonly known as butterfly bushes and are frequently cultivated as garden shrubs.[5] Buddleja davidii has become an invasive species in both Europe and North America.[6]

  1. ^ "Buddleja L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Genus Buddleja L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 7 May 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Buddleja". The Plant List. Version 1.1. 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  4. ^ "In praise of ... buddleia". The Guardian. 24 August 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Buddleia | The Wildlife Trusts". www.wildlifetrusts.org. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Buddleia; butterfly buffet or bush of burden? | London Wildlife Trust". www.wildlondon.org.uk. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2024.